Sutra 4

Devanagari script

एतावता भरणेनानास्पद्यत्वमकोपकं चैषां भवति ॥ कZ_०५.३.०४ ॥

Transliteration

etāvatā bharaṇenānāspadyatvam akopakaṃ caiṣāṃ bhavati

Translation

With maintenance at this level, they become not open to inducement and do not become resentful.

Word by Word

• एतावता: by this much; by this measure/extent
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतावत्
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; तृतीया एकवचन (नपुंसकलिङ्गे/सामान्यतया ‘एतावत्’); ‘एतावता’ = ‘एतेन परिमाणेन/एतस्मिन् प्रमाणे’

• भरणेन: by maintenance; by providing support/provisions
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे

• अनास्पद्यत्वम्: unassailability; being not open to attack/approach
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: अनास्पद्यत्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (-त्व) ; नञ्-पूर्वक

• अकोपकम्: non-irritating; not provoking anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकोपक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक; विशेषणम् (भवति इत्यस्य कर्तृ/फल-रूपेण)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एषाम्: of these; for them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचन (पुं/नपुं); सम्बन्धे

• भवति: arises; becomes; is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट् लकार; परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन

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FAQs

What administrative logic is expressed by 'anāspadyatva' here?

A well-paid senior official is harder for rivals to 'approach' with bribes or recruitment; adequate pay is treated as a structural anti-corruption barrier.